MOC 20483 - Programming in C# - Windows Applications

5 Days

This C# training course teaches developers the programming skills that are required for developers to create Windows applications using the C# language. During this training, students review the basics of C# program structure, language syntax, and implementation details, and then consolidate their knowledge throughout the week as they build an application that incorporates several features of the .NET Framework 4.5.

This course is intended for experienced developers who already have programming experience in C, C++, JavaScript, Objective-C, Microsoft Visual Basic, or Java and understand the concepts of object-oriented programming.

Goals

Learn about the core syntax and features of C#.

Learn to create and call methods, catch and handle exceptions, and describe the monitoring requirements of large-scale applications.

Learn to implement the basic structure and essential elements of a typical desktop application.

Learn to create classes, define and implement interfaces, and create and use generic collections.

Learn to use inheritance to create a class hierarchy, extend a .NET Framework class, and create generic classes and methods.

Learn to read and write data by using file input/output and streams, and serialize and deserialize data in different formats.

Learn to create and use an entity data model for accessing a database and use LINQ to query and update data.

Learn to use the types in the System.Net namespace and WCF Data Services to access and query remote data.

Learn to build a graphical user interface by using XAML.

Learn to improve the throughput and response time of applications by using tasks and asynchronous operations.

Learn to integrate unmanaged libraries and dynamic components into a C# application.

Learn to examine the metadata of types by using reflection, create and use custom attributes, generate code at runtime, and manage assembly versions.

Learn to encrypt and decrypt data by using symmetric and asymmetric encryption.

Outline

Review of C# Syntax

Overview of Writing Applications using C#

Datatypes, Operators, and Expressions

C# Programming Language Constructs

Lab: Developing the Class Enrolment Application

Implementing Edit Functionality for the Students List

Implementing Insert Functionality for the Students List

Implementing Delete Functionality for the Students List

Displaying the Student Age

Creating Methods, Handling Exceptions, and Monitoring Applications

Creating and Invoking Methods

Creating Overloaded Methods and Using Optional and Output Parameters

Handling Exceptions

Monitoring Applications

Lab: Extending the Class Enrolment Application Functionality

Refactoring the Enrolment Code

Validating Student Information

Saving Changes to the Class List

Developing the Code for a Graphical Application

Implementing Structs and Enums

Organizing Data into Collections

Handling Events

Lab: Writing the Code for the Grades Prototype Application

Adding Navigation Logic to the Application

Creating Data Types to Store User and Grade Information

Displaying User and Grade Information

Creating Classes and Implementing Type-safe Collections

Creating Classes

Defining and Implementing Interfaces

Implementing Type-safe Collections

Lab: Adding Data Validation and Type-safety to the Grades Application

Implementing the Teacher, Student, and Grade Types as Classes

Adding Data Validation to the Grade Class

Displaying Students in Name Order

Enabling Teachers to Modify Class and Grade Data

Creating a Class Hierarchy by Using Inheritance

Creating Class Hierarchies

Extending .NET Framework Classes

Creating Generic Types

Lab: Refactoring Common Functionality into the User Class

Creating and Inheriting from the User Base Class

Implementing Password Complexity by Using an Abstract Method

Creating the ClassFullException Class

Reading and Writing Local Data

Reading and Writing Files

Serializing and Deserializing Data

Performing I/O Using Streams

Lab: Generating the Grades Report

Serializing the Data for the Grades Report as XML

Previewing the Grades Report

Persisting the Serialized Grades Data to a File

Accessing a Database

Creating and Using Entity Data Models

Querying Data by Using LINQ

Updating Data by Using LINQ

Lab: Retrieving and Modifying Grade Data

Creating an Entity Model from the The School of Fine Arts Database

Updating Student and Grade Data Using the Entity Framework

Extending the Entity Model to Validate Data

Accessing Remote Data

Accessing Data Across the Web

Accessing Data in the Cloud

Lab: Retrieving and Modifying Grade Data in the Cloud

Creating a WCF Data Service for the SchoolGrades Database

Integrating the WCF Data Service into the Application

Retrieving Student Photographs Over the Web (if time permits)

Designing the User Interface for a Graphical Application

Using XAML to Design a User Interface

Binding Controls to Data

Styling a User Interface

Lab: Customizing Student Photographs and Styling the Application

Customizing the Appearance of Student Photographs

Styling the Logon View

Animating the StudentPhoto Control (If Time Permits)

Improving Application Performance and Responsiveness

Implementing Multitasking by using Tasks and Lambda Expressions

Performing Operations Asynchronously

Synchronizing Concurrent Access to Data

Lab: Improving the Responsiveness and Performance of the Application

Ensuring that the User Interface Remains Responsive When Retrieving Data for Teachers

Providing Visual Feedback During Long-Running Operations

Integrating with Unmanaged Code

Creating and Using Dynamic Objects

Managing the Lifetime of Objects and Controlling Unmanaged Resources

Lab: Upgrading the Grades Report

Generating the Grades Report by Using Microsoft Office Word

Controlling the Lifetime of Word Objects by Implementing the Dispose Pattern

Creating Reusable Types and Assemblies

Examining Object Metadata

Creating and Using Custom Attributes

Generating Managed Code

Versioning, Signing and Deploying Assemblies

Lab: Specifying the Data to Include in the Grades Report

Creating the IncludeInReport Attribute

Generating the Report

Storing the Grades.Utilities Assembly Centrally

Encrypting and Decrypting Data

Implementing Symmetric Encryption

Implementing Asymmetric Encryption

Lab: Encrypting and Decrypting Grades Reports

Encrypting the Grades Report

Decrypting the Grades Report

Class Materials

Each student in our Live Online and our Onsite classes receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the class examples.

Class Prerequisites

Experience in the following is required for this C# class:

Developers attending this course should already have gained some limited experience using C# to complete basic programming tasks. More specifically, students should have hands-on experience using C# that demonstrates their understanding of the following:

How to name, declare, initialize and assign values to variables within an application.

How to use:

arithmetic operators to perform arithmetic calculations involving one or more variables;

relational operators to test the relationship between two variables or expressions;